A Trifecta

Chloe's got a trifecta! A nasty toe nail infection, a cold and teething. Wait, if you throw in the persistent rash on her face and butt, what does make it then???? LOL Anyway, we went to the doc yesterday and he gave her some oral antibiotics for the toe and recommended 2ce daily soaking of it in hopes of avoiding a trip to the podiatrist where they would have to dig out the nail (ewwww). Hopefully we can avoid that! I'm including a picture - don't look at it if you're squeamish. Chloe remains in unbelievably good spirits considering she looks like a mess. She's a trooper.

She has a tooth!!!!

Okay, so maybe just the point of a tooth, but she's got one poking through!!! And true to Ds uniqueness it is one of her BACK teeth! Silly little monkey! It's a sharp little sucker too. Poor little thing. She's been crabby with hard poops, now a tooth and this is about when she should have a reaction to her last vaccines if she's going to.

More commando crawling! She is READY TO GO! Watch out!

Rough Evening

Well, Chloe may we working on her first tooth. I can't find any evidence IN her mouth, aside from all the drooling. She also had a really tough patch last night of screaming, crying (choking and gagging) with a low grade temp that seemed to get worse when she sucked on her binkie and was soothed by a teething ring. So far so good today, and I haven't discounted her ears, but for now I think it's teeth... (By the way, I think her hearing has gotten better since the wax was cleaned out).

We ventured out for fireworks last night. The big kids enjoyed them, but Chloe, not so much! I think the poor financial crisis in this country led to more of the less expensive boomers, which meant LOTS of loud explosions in succession, which for Chloe was beyond terrifying. My husband huddled with her in the truck, but that didn't seem to help. And as if the 1/2 hour of dramatic crying earlier in the evening wasn't enough. Poor baby! Thankfully, she's fully recovered today!

We spent yesterday moving the big kids into their "new room" now that our friends have moved out. We've been setting up Chloe's room too. As of late the big kids have been sleeping with me in my room (in my bed) and my husband has been sleeping with Chloe in what WAS the big kids' room. But last night the big kids slept in their "new" beds, Stacey still slept with Chloe, but I got the big KING bed all to myself. Ahhhhh. It was sooooo nice. Next step is get back into the same bed as my husband. LOL I'll post pictures of the rooms when they're all done. :)